Argentina tweak squad for Australasian tour

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Julian Montoya
  • Post published:August 28, 2018

Argentina coach Mario Ledesma has made four changes to his squad for their Rugby Championship matches in New Zealand and Australia.

Prop Gaston Cortes, hooker Julian Montoya, loose forward Juan Manuel Leguizamon and centre Matias Orlando have been called up, with Montoya and Orlando having recovered from injury.

The Pumas, who beat the Springboks 32-19 in Mendoza last Saturday, will face the All Blacks in Nelson on 8 September and the Wallabies on the Gold Coast a week later.

Argentina squad:

Forwards: Matias Alemanno, Gaston Cortes, Agustin Creevy (c), Diego Fortuny, Santiago Garcia Botta, Marcos Kremer, Tomas Lavanini, Juan Manuel Leguizamon, Tomas Lezana, Pablo Matera, Santiago Medrano, Julian Montoya, Javier Ortega Desio, Guido Petti, Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro, Juan Zeiss

Backs: Santiago Alvarez, Gonzalo Bertranou, Emiliano Boffelli, Tomas Cubelli, Jeronimo de la Fuente, Bautista Delguy, Bautista Ezcurra, Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias, Martin Landajo, Juan Cruz Mallia, Matias Moroni, Ramiro Moyano, Matias Orlando, Nicolas Sanchez